Headlight-holder.



G. B GARDNER & F. M. FURBEB.

HEADLIGHT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31. 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

GEORGE B. GARDNER, OF HAVERHILL, AND FREDERICK FURBER, OF LYNN, MASSA- IOHUSETTS.

HEADLIGHT-HOLDER. v

No. oaojseo.

. of Havel-hill, and FREDERICK M. F URBER, of

Lynn, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Headlight-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for supporting a headlight sothat it may be swung by suitable means, and has for its object to rovidea headlight orlantern holder of simp e construction, which may bereadily attached to a car without any material change being made in theconstruction thereof, and which is readily removables'o that it may bechanged from one end of the car to the other.

For an understanding of the invention,

reference is made tothe accompanying drawing, in which,

' Figure 1 is a front elevation of a section of the dashboard of a carprovided with a device made according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3, of Fig.2.- Fig.

4 is a top plan View of the lantern holder. Fig. 5 is a detail viewpartly in section on line 55, of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail lan View ofthe lower lantern-engaging brac iet. Fig. 7 is a detail front view ofthe lower base bracket. .Fig. 8 is a central sectional view on line88,of Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a top view of a portion of the upper base bracket.

The dashboard a of the car is rovided with the usual hanger bar I) whicrnected thereto at each end and extends parallel therewith at a shortdistance therefrom. a The headlight or lantern-holding devices,illustrated comprise an u per base bracket 0 provided with a pair ofooks c on its rear side, similarly arrangedto the hanger books on anordinary car lantern, and ada ted to engage the hanger bar I), so thatsaid racket may be hung on the bar I) in the same manner as the lantern.Said base bracket 0 is provided with a centrally-disposed, forwardlyext-ending projection 0 into the under side of which a verticallydisposed tube (1- is threaded. Said tube 0'! is also threaded at itslower. end into .a base bracket 2, said bracket beingprovided with apair of depending ears Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfiled J1i1y 81, 1908. Serial No. 446,218

side of the dashboard. and

'said arm n normally is con PatentedMay 4, 1909.

horizontal position, and the rear end of said.

shaft is rigidly connected to the middle portion of a transverselydisposed treadle h, the. construction of which is particularly describedin said patent.

An arm '5 is rigidly connected to.,the front end of the rod 9 closelyadjacent the front extends vertically when the treadle h is in itsmiddle position, that is, when both end portions thereof are. elevatedto the same extent.v An arm ic is rigidly connected to the arm & andextends at right'angles thereto and forwardly in an oblique direction,with reference to the front of the car, when the arm 1'. is in thevertical position. A rod m passes through the tube d and base brackets cand e, and an arm n is rigidly connected to the lower end thereof,extending forwardly at right angles to the wardly, as shown in Figs. 2and 3. A link 0 is pivotally connected to the end of, the arm is, and isprovided with a hook-shaped end portion 0 which is adapted to passthrough an aperture n formed in the front end of the armn. A lanternbracket p is provided with a rearwardly projecting collar piece p, intowhich the upper end of rod m is .fitted, said rod being made square atits upper end so that neither can 'turn with relation to the other, aset screw, or other suitable means for forming a suitable connectiontherebetween, being provided. Saidbracket p is provided with flat faced,horizontal arms 12 which extend inopposite directions from the middledashboard, and down-- i cf, between which a vertical slot is formed Ythereof, said arms being provided with forwardly projecting fingers p attheir ends, as shown iii Fig. 4. A headlight lantern g, of suitableform, having hooks g on its ack side, is adapted to be hung upon saidarms p between fingers p as shown in Figs. 1, 2

and 4, said fingers 19 being ada ted to engage thesides of the lanternto ho d the same in position. The upper side of the base 0 is pro; videdwith a V-shaped groove 0 which extends transversely thereof andperpendicularly to the frontof the car, the line of the bottom of saidgroove intersecting the axis of rod 'm. The under side of the baseportion p of the lantern bracket p is provided with a V- shaped teeth12* which is normally adapted to fit closely in the groove 0 when theunder side of said base portion is resting on the upper side of the basebracket 6 and the parts are in their middle or normal position. Alanternholding bracket 7 is swiveled on the tube d and is adapted torest on the upper side of bracket c, said bracket being provided withhorizontal arms r having forwardly projecting fingers r at their endsadapted to engage the sides of the lantern and hold it from swing mg onits hooks q. A spring 8 is interposed between the under sides of thebracket 6 and the arm -'n, and acts normally to hold the tooth p inthe'notch 0 The operation is as esired to direct the rays of light to"one side or the other the motorman resses on the corresponding end ofthe trea le rotating the shaft 9 in that direction, as for instance ifhe presses on the left-hand end of the treadle' piece h the arm 4 willbe swung to the left swinging the arm n, through arm 7c and link 0, inthe same direction. This will cause the rod m to be rotated to the left,which will in turn swing the lantern bracket 19, and therefore thelantern, in the same direction, see Fig. 1. This will cause the tooth pto ride up on the corresponding side of the notch c lifting the lanternand rod 'm slightly and compressing the spring s, as shown.m Fig. 5. Assoon as the pressure on the treadle is relieved the force of gravity andthe spring s will immediat-ly cause the lantern to be returned to itsmiddle position. The same operation takes place when the opposite end ofthe treadle is depressed, except that the )arts will be swung to theright, as will be 0 vious. liy this means the motorman may, withoutlifting his heel from the floor, and by simply swinging or tilting thefore-part of his foot, with his heel as a pivot, direct the rays oflight in either direction, the lantern automatically returning to themiddle position when the pressure on either arm of the treadle isrelieved. If it is desired to remove the lantern and its supportingmeans, and to place'it on the other end of the car, it is simplynecessary to unhook the link 0 from the arm n and then lift the basebracket 0 up, so that the hooks 0 will be lifted out of engagement withthe bar I), and the bracket c will be lifted out of engagement with thestud The supporting means for the lantern will then be free of the carso that it may then be placed on the op osite end thereof, which endwill be similarly provided with a treadle operated mechanism similar tothat already described.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat-entis follows:'When it is said brackets, a rod 1.A headlight-directing holder, compris ing a pair of superimposedbrackets, means for removably connecting one of said brackets to asupport, a tube rigidly connected to said brackets, a rod rotatablymounted in said tube, a headlight holder connected to one end of saidrod, and means for oscillating said rod, substantially as described.

' 2. A headlight-directing holder, comprising a pair of superimposedbrackets, means for removably connecting one of said brackets to asupport, a tube rigidly connected to said brackets, a rod rotatablymounted in said tube, a headlight holder connected to one end of saidrod and oscillating means for said rod having a removable connectiontherewith, substantially as described.

3. A headlight-directin holder, com rising a pair of superimposed basebrackets -aving means for removably connecting them to a sup ort,a'vertical tube ri idly connecting said rackets, a rod rotata ly mountedin saidtube, a pair ofheadlight holders, one rigidly connected to theupper end of said rod and the other swiveled on said tube, andmeans foroscillating said rod, substantially as described.

4. A headlight-directing holder, com rising a pair of superimposed basebrac rets, means forremovably connecting said brackets to a support, atube igidly connecting rotatably mounted in said tube and extendingabove and below said brackets, respectively, a headlight-h older rigidlyconnected to the upper end of said. rod and supported by the upper basebracket,

and means, remov ably connected to the lower end of said rod, foroscillating the same, substantially as described.

5. A headlight-directing holder, comprising a pair of rigidly connectedsuperimposed base brackets, a rod rotatably mounted in.

said brackets and extending above the upper bracket and below the lowerbracket, a headlight-holder rigidly connected to the upper end of saidrod, said upper bracket having a centering recess provided with inclinedfaces at each side thereof and said holder having a correspondinglyshaped depending portion adapted to enter said recess and ride on saidinclined faces as the rod is turned in either direction, a collar on thelower end of said rod, a spring interposed between said lower bracketand said collar, and means for oscillating said rod, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a headlight-directing ztnd holding apparatus, the combination of asupport having a horizontal bar, a pair of rigidly connectedsuperimposed base brackets, one of said brackets having hooks on therear side there- 1 support adapted to enter said slot, 9. rod

rotatably mounted in said brackets,- a headnames tothis specification,in the presence of light-holder connected to the upper end of twosubscribing witnesses,

said rod above said upper bracket, and means GEORGE B. GARDNER,

for oscillating said rod removably'connected FREDERICK M. FURBER. 5 tothe lower end thereof below said lower Witnesses:

bracket, s ubstantially as described. L. H. IIARRIMAN,

In testunon T whereof. we have si 'ned our JOHN J. RYAN.

